Watches & Warnings

* accumulations... total accumulations of 4 to 8 inches through tonight. Locally higher amounts remain possible across the eastern suburbs. If snow squalls become persistent... the advisory may need to be upgraded to a warning.

* Timing... snow will increase across eastern Cuyahoga County this afternoon. The snow showers will continue into tonight before starting to shift out of the County by early Saturday.

* Impacts... lake effect snow and snow squalls will lead to rapid accumulations of snow and very poor visibilities at times. Hazardous travel conditions are expected.

* Winds... west 10 to 20 mph. Gusts to 25 mph this afternoon.

* Temperatures... in the 20s today. Lows in the teens tonight. Wind chill values in the teens today and possibly dipping into the single digits tonight.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A lake effect Snow Advisory is issued when lake-effect snow isforecast that may make travel difficult in some areas. Duringlake effect snow... the weather can vary from bands of locallyheavy snow to dry weather just a few miles away. Visibilities canvary greatly. If you will be traveling in the advisory area beprepared for rapid changes in weather... visibility and Roadconditions.

Use extra caution if you must travel into or through this snowsquall. Rapid changes in visibility and potentially slick roads arelikely to lead to accidents. Consider delaying travel until thesquall passes your location.

To report hazardous weather conditions, go to our website atweather.Gov/cle and submit your report via social media, when you cando so safely.

Use extra caution if you must travel into or through this snowsquall. Rapid changes in visibility and potentially slick roads arelikely to lead to accidents. Consider delaying travel until thesquall passes your location.

To report hazardous weather conditions, go to our website atweather.Gov/cle and submit your report via social media, when you cando so safely.

Use extra caution if you must travel into or through this snowsquall. Rapid changes in visibility and potentially slick roads arelikely to lead to accidents. Consider delaying travel until thesquall passes your location.

To report hazardous weather conditions, go to our website atweather.Gov/cle and submit your report via social media, when you cando so safely.